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For current and former employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Posts reflect the opinions of the author and do not reflect the official views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the federal government.

What is the best way for someone who does not hold an environmental science/policy degree to get into EPA? I am contemplating going to Law School to get more admin/rules training and to work on enforcement issues. I have prior experience working with State level issues but my degrees are in sociology and city and regional planning. I can’t even…[Read more]

How is Learning & Development transforming the federal government?
Government Elearning! Magazine is hosting a survey with partner Bersin & Associates (Authors of the Corporate Learning Factbook.) We would welcome your input on this study on L&D today. We will share results with you and present at the Summit in DC on 3/22/11. Take a moment to…[Read more]

A new book titled, “Slow Death by Rubber Duck,” raises some interesting questions especially from throughout our general public about the hidden dangers of everyday consumables such as plastic containers, deodorants, shampoos (and other off-the-shelf products – too many to name here…), common-use furniture, and food. I highly recommend this book…[Read more]

Hey guys, excuse me. I am not an EPA employee, just an aspiring small business who supports and promotes OGD seeking to bring solutions to the Agency…so let me know how to moon walk out..and I won’t look back!

I’ve been in govloop for a few months. We’re going to start using govloop for the Graduate School Executive Potential Program that I’m in, so I figured I’d start my govloop exploring in more depth by joining the EPA Group,

I am new at this, but one of the things that an organization like EPA (perhaps especially EPA) needs is the ability of all staff members with various backgrounds and disciplines to informally communicate. I look forward to see what can be done by this group for the members of the group, for the Agency, and for the public.

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Just last month IBM announced their much-anticipated investment in innovation. $4 billion will be devoted to areas such as cloud, analytics, mobile and security. The massive company has implemented “strategic imperatives” this year that are working to match the efforts of government to propel our nation into the technology-dominated world while aiding in the development… Read more »

As much as I would love to tell you to “get up and move! [to mobile]” ….you don’t have to go quite that far to reach your customers, encourage engagement, and most importantly, get the word out of whatever it is that you want to get out! You just have to have your move-to-mobile goals… Read more »

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